9:15 PM,
Mar. 18, 2013

Doug McDermott shoots 56.1 percent from the field, 49.7 percent from 3-point range and 86 percent from the foul line.

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Doug McDermott could easily have been playing against his father's Creighton's teams for the past three years instead of starring for them.

McDermott originally committed to Northern Iowa while his dad, Greg, was the head coach at Iowa State. When his father became the head coach at Creighton, Doug decided he didn't want to play against his dad's teams twice a year in the Missouri Valley Conference and decided to go to Creighton instead.

Three years later, the same player who didn't start as a junior on his Ames High School team in Iowa, and who was recruited as a mid-major player, might be the ...